Okay, yes! Now I understand the fascination with this series. If you didn't know, One Piece is the ultimate (by ultimate I mean incredibly long haha) manga series that many have loved and adored. It follows young Luffy who accidently eats the demon Gum-Gum fruit which gives him interesting powers. His dream is to become the pirate king by obtaining the highly sought after one piece. In this first volume he meets a host of different characters including Toby and Zoro who help move support Luffy in his journey.

There are so many directions that this series can go in and I must say I'm officially hooked. While there isn't much that happens in this specific volume, I realized how intrigued I was by the various characters that were introduced in each chapter and my curiosity was further piqued when I realized the potential for these characters to play bigger roles in the future (I'm looking at you Toby!). This is going to be a journey for me. Each chapter is text dense and includes so much information, but for some odd reason I already feel connected to the story and I'm rooting for Luffy to become the Pirate King! I haven't been excited about reading a series like this in a long time and I'm looking forward to what is to come in the future.